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Ecology of Food and Nutrition Volume 20, 1988 - Issue 3
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Nutritional status of some Papua New Guinea highlanders as assessed by physical measurements and blood analysis

Chigusa Date Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Masako Baba Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Toyoko Okuda Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Naemi M. Kajiwara Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Takahisa Minamide Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshiaki Fujita Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Mineko Ichikawa Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Shuichi Miyatani Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Masayuki Hayashi Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Heizo Tanaka Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Peter Heywood Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Michael Alpers Department of Public Health, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka; Osaka Prefectural Center for Adult Disease, Osaka; Faculty of the Science, Living Osaka City University, Osaka; Kobe Women's College, Kobe; Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto; Nutrition Research Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo; Yamaguchi Prefectural Women's College, Yamaguchi; Department of Epidemiology Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Hideo Koishi Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research Goroka, Papua New Guinea
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Pages 185-196 | Received 23 May 1986, Accepted 02 Apr 1987, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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